Category: Bird Conservation

This week of banding was a whirlwind of feathers, fanatics, and fog. It began with our bi-annual Open House last Saturday, which brought over 80 visitors to the preserve including our old friend, the sun. The crowd was an exuberant mix of children in our Rushton Nature Keepers club, students from University of Pennsylvania, and…

I like winter. As December rolls around and the snow sparkles and swirls outside my window, I have no choice but to stay inside and reflect on the year. And what a year the Rushton banding crew has had, with wonderful memories galore to keep us warm as the icicles fall. Speaking of fall, we…

The last day of August was the inauguration of our eighth fall banding season at Rushton Woods Preserve. Aside from the hemispheric wave of billions of songbirds south on the heels of the retreating summer, there is another local rhythm of which we banders are lucky to be a part. If an extraterrestrial being were…